Receptacle for eggs and other fragile articles



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,435

0. B. WINZER RECEPTACLE FOR EGGS AND OTHER FRAGILE ARTICLES Filed Dec. 12. 1924 Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BECEPTACLE FOR EGGS AND OTHER FRAGILE ARTICLES.

Application filed December 12, 1924. Serial No. 755,503.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BURTON VVINZER, a. subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Tooting, London, S. W., England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Eggs and Other Fragile Articles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention.

This invention relates to cases or receptacles for the carriage or transport of eggs or the like and has for its chief object to provide a simple, reliable and eflicient device wherein the articles can be secured in their relative places and against accidental displacement breakage or damage, while allowing for the free circulation of air in and around the casing.

According to the present invention the apparatus or appliance comprises an open frame, preferably rectangular, within which are disposed a plurality of parallel cords, wires or the like arranged in groups, each article being supported by all the cords of a particular group, and threaded 011 these coi'dsare distance pieces or partitions which form compartments with the cords of a group, while means are provided for tightening, tensioning or adjusting the cords or the like in a quick and simple manner to provide a suflicient and reliable grip on the articles and thus take up slack which may arise through *ariations in the sizes of the articles, or should atmospheric conditions have any effect on the cords or the like.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing is a front elevation of a receptacle embodying the present invention and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The body A of the receptacle may be made of wood, metal or other appropriate material and is in the form of a rectangular frame.

The cords B are arranged parallel to each other and extend from one end of the frame to another. These cords are arranged in groups so that four cords form the corners of an imaginary rectangle or square.

The cords pertaining to a single group conveniently consist of a single length of cord. One end of such cord is fixed to an end piece A secured to the lower end of the frame, and this cord is then led up and threaded through holes in an end piece A at the upper end of the frame A, down again and through holes in the lower end piece A up once more through further holes in the upper end piece A and finally back again, and its other end also secured to the lower end piece A The cords of all the groups are similarly arranged and secured.

Threaded on these cords are distance pieces C which extend across the interior of the frame A at right angles to the cords B on which they are adapted to slide; and these distance pieces, together with portions of the cords of the various groups, divide the interior of the frame into compartments for the eggs or other articles X to be carried.

The articles are placed within the cords of a group, and as soon as a row is filled a distance piece is moved along the cords until it bears on the ends of the eggs of a row.

As eggs vary somewhat in shape or size, and as each egg to be supported efiiciently and safely must have contact with each of the four cords of a group, it is an essential feature of the present invention to provide simple means for adjusting, tensio-ning or slackening the cords.

In order that this adjustment may be effected in a simple and expeditious manner, the end piece A with in the upper end of the frame A is made adjustable. According to the present embodiment of the invention, this end piece A has secured to it two screws or bolts D arranged at suitable distances apart, and these bolts D pass through openings in the upper end or top of the frame A and are furnished with wing or other nuts D This adjustment also enables the tension of the cords to be varied should the cords be of such a nature that their length is affected by atmospheric conditions.

The side members of the frame A are provided with inturned edges A and the ends of the cross pieces C lie within and are supported or guided by these inturned edges and so prevent any sagging should the frame A be laid down flat.

These frames can be stored or packed within a casing or box for transport, and in order that air may circulate more freely, openings A* are provided in the members of the frame A.

lVhat I claim is 1. In areceptacle for fragile articles, the combination of a frame, a series of parallel cords arranged in groups, each group comprising a plurality of cords, means for simultaneously adjusting the tension of the cords of a; group, and distance pieces threaded on the cords to form therewith con'ip'artments for the articles.

2.111 a receptacle for eggs or fragile articles, the combination of an open frame, a series of parallel cords arranged in groups, a fixed membe' at one end of the frame to which the cords are attached, a movable member at the opposite end of the frame to which the cords are also attached, and means for adjusting the movable member.

3. In a receptacle for or fragile articles, the combination of an open frame, a series of parallel cords arranged in groups, a fixed member at one end of the frame to which the cords are connected, a movable member at the opposite end of the frame to which the cords are also connected, distance pieces slidablv mounted on the cords. and means for adjusting the movable end member.

a. In a receptacle for eggs or fragile articles, the combination of an open frame, inwardly extending strips on the side members of the frame, a plurality of groups of parallel cords extending from end to end of the frame, a stationary member to which the cords are connected at one end of the frame, an adjustable member to which the cords are connected at the other end of the frame, sliding distance pieces extending across the frame at right angles to the cords and having their opposite ends extending within the strips on the side members of the frame, bolts attached to the adjustable end member and extending through openings in one end of the frame, and adjusting nuts fitted to the bolts at the exterior of the frame.

5. In a receptacle for eggs and fragile articles, the combination of an open frame furnished with ventilating openings in its side 'alls, a plurality of groups of parallel cords extending from end to end of the frame, fixed means for securing the cords at one end of the frame, a movable end n'iember to which the cords are coupled at the other end of the frame, and means for adjusting the movable member.

CHARLES BURTON IVINZEH. 

